The mother seen on video in the midst of an overdose on the floor of a store turned herself in Monday, days after she failed to appear for a hearing on a child endangerment charge.

Video of an overdosing, unconscious Mandy McGowan went viral in September. It showed her 2-year-old daughter crying and trying to wake her on the floor of a Family Dollar store on Winthrop Avenue, in Lawrence.

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Bystanders recorded the scene and called 911 but no one intervenes to help the woman or console the child. The video was released by the Lawrence police department.

The girl was subsequently taken into state custody.

McGowan appeared in Lawrence District Court Monday with her head covered.

"This is a woman who comes before the court with a history of similar offenses," a prosecutor told the court.

Her attorney, James Klotz, told the court that McGowan is now 67 days into a drug treatment program.

"This is a young lady, judge, who obviously has an issue," Klotz said, "She is dealing with that issue. She has done everything the Department of Children and Family Services in New Hampshire has asked her to do."

The judge granted McGowan $10,000 bail. After the hearing, she ran from photographers and reporters who tried to ask her questions.